Cyclopedia of Commerce, Accountancy, Business Administration, v. 04 (of 10)American School of Correspondence
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Cyclopedia of Commerce, Accountancy, Business Administration, v. 04 (of 10)
American School of Correspondence
Accounting; Business; Commerce
Debit Manufacturing Account
for material issued to factory.
Debit Building Maintenance and Repairs
for material used in repairs.
Credit Material Purchases
for both of the above.
Debit Manufacturing Account
for Labor Account
for Supplies used--found by deducting
inventory from supplies purchases.
for Salaries Account
for Rent one month
for Power, Heat, and Light--found as above
for Building Repairs
for Office Supplies--found as above
Credit accounts representing above
for amounts charged.
The manufacturing account will now show, on the debit side the total
manufacturing expense for the month. The next step is to find the cost
of finished goods to be credited to manufacturing account and charged
to finished goods account. Our inventory of goods in process, which
includes material and labor only, amounts to $1,002.00. The labor
account and reports from foremen show that the amount of these items
used in the factory is $1,672.30. In round numbers, the former is 60%
of the latter, that is, sixty per cent of the work started is still in
process. We will assume, therefore, that this is a fair percentage to
be used in determining the expense items invested in goods in process.
Taking 60% of the total manufacturing expense gives $1,400.13, which,
deducted from the total, leaves $933.42 as the cost of finished goods.
In this case the per cent of goods in process is large for the reason
that it is the first month of operation. The results in succeeding
months will be more nearly equal. If the factory is running regularly,
turning out practically the same quantities each month, the quantity of
finished goods will just about equal the work started in any one month.
Should we wish to show a factory profit of 10%, it will be necessary
to add 10% to the cost of finished goods which will then represent the
cost to be used by the sales end of the business. Since we have no
account to which this amount can properly be credited, we will open
a new account called _contingent profits_, which will be closed into
profit and loss at the end of the year.
Since we are not closing the books for the purpose of making a balance
sheet, we do not close the expense accounts into an expense inventory
account as explained in article 59. Instead, the balances are allowed
to stand until such time as the books are finally closed.
[Illustration: Invoice Register with Distribution Columns.]
[Illustration: Invoice Register with Distribution Columns]
[Illustration: Check and Disbursement Record]
[Illustration: Manufacturing Journal]
[Illustration: Manufacturing Journal]
[Illustration: Manufacturing General Ledger]
[Illustration: Manufacturing General Ledger]
[Illustration: Manufacturing General Ledger]
[Illustration: Manufacturing General Ledger]
[Illustration: Purchase Ledger]
[Illustration: Purchase Ledger]
[Illustration: General Ledger Trial Balance]
[Illustration: Purchase Ledger Statement]
EXERCISE
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